2 major classes of nanomanufacturing: Solid-state
and Wet
Wet nanomanufacturing is the generation of novel microstructures
and the control of chemical reactions (and signals) in
a fluid environment. Industry needs:
Efficient material measurements.
Drug delivery
Water purification
Smart sensors
Reaction process control
Objective
Shape NIST’s manufacturing initiative.
Define new directions for wet nanometrology.
NIST Role
Develop machinery, mimicking biological assembly and signaling
processes, that can be exploited for measurement and manufacturing
purposes.
Develop sophisticated fluid handling devices for directing material
assembly, controlling cooperative membrane transport and measuring
material properties.
Highlights
Artificial Membrane Pores that transport
protons
Unprecedented flow control
Materials Metrology
Microfluidic analog of the four-roll mill process
equipment.
Molecular extension and alignment.
Nanotube cluster breakup.
Interfacial tension.
Cell and tissue viability and mechanical response.
Customers and Impact
NIST manufacturing initiative.
NIST Contributors:
S.Hudson*, K.Migler, F.Phelan, P.Start, P.Stone, J.Taboas,
E.Hobbie, E.Amis, J. Cabral, K. Beers, J.Douglas, J.Pathak
Collaborators:
V. Percec (UPenn), D. Discher (UPenn)
Processing Characterization Group
Polymers Division
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory
